Many women are affected by breast cancer physically and psychologically. This study from Spain, illustrates the psychological aspects of coping with an illness like breast cancer. Utilizing positive psychology in those who are affected by breast cancer gives individuals the strength to persevere through this battle. Researchers of this study; M. Victoria Cerezo, Margarita Ortiz-Tallo, Violeta Cardenal, and Alejandro de la Torre-Luque had studied the work of Seligman, Csikszentmihalyi, and many other positive psychology researchers over the past decade. Through research done on other studies it is apparent that there is a correlation between better physical and mental health with the incorporation of positive psychology. The purpose of this
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In addition, participants must be 18 years old or older, with a breast cancer diagnosis ranging from Stage I to Stage III. Exclusions to this study consisted of prior psychological conditions, a metastatic cancer diagnosis, and group or individual participation over the past year in a psychological intervention setting. Demographic information was collected during a private therapy sessions for each participant. The data collected through the individual meetings consisted of; age, civil status, education level, employment, number of children, medication, affected breast, surgery information, current medical treatment. In addition to these meetings, everyone’s medical history report was looked over (Cerezo et al., 2014, p. …show more content…
Personal well-being and cognitive happiness was assessed by using the Satisfaction with Life Scale, high scores indicate excellent attention, clarity, and repair. Certain questions within the Satisfaction with Life Scale were directly correlated to the cognitive happiness of the individual. The cognitive components of well-being and happiness is how the patient is able to cooperate with others, as well as the atmosphere they are in. This aspect determines how well one is able to proceed through their life, despite the shift in health and psychological state. The affective components of personal well-being and happiness were evaluated with the use of the Affectivity Scale. This scale had a positive subscale and a negative subscale both consisting of 6 items. The tests stated above were done prior to the group intervention, and once again after the intervention had taken place (Cereza et al., 2014, p.
In addition, participants must be 18 years old or older, with a breast cancer diagnosis ranging from Stage I to Stage III. Exclusions to this study consisted of prior psychological conditions, a metastatic cancer diagnosis, and group or individual participation over the past year in a psychological intervention setting. Demographic information was collected during a private therapy sessions for each participant. The data collected through the individual meetings consisted of; age, civil status, education level, employment, number of children, medication, affected breast, surgery information, current medical treatment. In addition to these meetings, everyone’s medical history report was looked over (Cerezo et al., 2014, p. …show more content…
Personal well-being and cognitive happiness was assessed by using the Satisfaction with Life Scale, high scores indicate excellent attention, clarity, and repair. Certain questions within the Satisfaction with Life Scale were directly correlated to the cognitive happiness of the individual. The cognitive components of well-being and happiness is how the patient is able to cooperate with others, as well as the atmosphere they are in. This aspect determines how well one is able to proceed through their life, despite the shift in health and psychological state. The affective components of personal well-being and happiness were evaluated with the use of the Affectivity Scale. This scale had a positive subscale and a negative subscale both consisting of 6 items. The tests stated above were done prior to the group intervention, and once again after the intervention had taken place (Cereza et al., 2014, p.